By Nicolai B. Baecher, MD With 29 bones and 34 muscles, the hand is a complex creature – and one designed to move. Thanks to improvements in minimally invasive techniques, small-joint prostheses, skin graft substitutes and suture anchors, we often can quickly restore mobility to surgical patients and prevent stiffness and scarring. Surgery is a frequent solution for a … [Read more...] about Advances in Hand Surgery
Prequalification: Focus on Payment, Not Price
By J. Mansisidor If a lender tells you that you’re prequalified for a $275,000 purchase, then you’re qualified to buy any $275,000 property that you desire, right? When you talk with lenders, you want to ask about the maximum purchase price that you qualify for, don’t you? After all, what you want to know is how much house you can afford – even if you plan to purchase below … [Read more...] about Prequalification: Focus on Payment, Not Price
Claude A. Hawkins, MD, FACS
Riverside Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Specialists During his 21 years of military service and two deployments to Afghanistan, Dr. Claude Hawkins not only helped repair the most complex and devastating injuries. He also learned to work daily with physicians of all specialties on an immense and varied caseload. Now a retired Air Force Colonel, Hawkins has … [Read more...] about Claude A. Hawkins, MD, FACS
William P. Magee, JR., DDS, MD, FACS
Past President, Magee-Rosenblum Plastic Surgery; Past Chief of Plastic Surgery and Director, Cranofacial Center, Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters; Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Operation Smile Inc. As the second of 12 children raised by a general practice physician, Bill Magee grew accustomed to both chaos and certainty. The chaos part is obvious – … [Read more...] about William P. Magee, JR., DDS, MD, FACS
Lambros K. Viennas, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, and Assistant Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School; Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery, Sentara Norfolk General and Leigh Memorial Hospitals When visiting his dentist as a child, Lambros Viennas found the dental laboratory fascinating. The son of a carpenter, Viennas always enjoyed working with his hands, as evidenced by the … [Read more...] about Lambros K. Viennas, MD, FACS
